The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1887-11-11

A POWERFUL BLOW.
was severely stabbed by one Of them.
He fingered week in the hospital;
would not sail without knowing his
fate, and was with him when he died.
God bless you. Captain Willis" Inc
said, with his last breath. You've
been good friend to me; couldn't
have had better"
Twas melted to- tears Mt sight Of the
good old sailor dying there i'll 4 strange
land.
my dear old shipmate." / said, 81
owe you more for your fidelity than /
have ever paid you. What do you
wish me to do?"
"Be good to those 1 leave behind
me, SIR"
! promised him that would be-
friend his family, and lie died con-
tented.
Back ut ProvincetOwn. looked them
up. The place where they lived has
something to do with my story, and l
will say few words about it.
II you go up from the harbOr there.
well out Of the town, back To a slightly
place that oveTlOoks the whole bay. and
gives you glimpses of sails ten miles
out at sea, You will find large, ram
bling old frame house. two stories
high, standing brOadsidc To the har-
bOr. You could not well miss it; there
is no other like it i'll the town. and
every body knows it. In the old colo
NAL days. more than hundred years
ago. a retired sea-captain built it and
lived in it for twenty years; since
which time il has seen all kinds of vi
cissitulcs. and been inhabited by dOz-
ems of families. Ii was siout;y framed
and well built, after the fashion Of our
fathers. or il could EOt have endured
the uses that it has been put tn. and
had two tinibcrs IF il left. As il was
when / first visited it to- condOlc with
the mates widow and child. and near
| " rs il is now. twO-thir'ls IF IL Is badly
dismantlcd and out Of repair. leaving
| four rooms I'm ono end above AMI be-
low that are habitablc. In these
rooms Mrs. WayIand and her daughter
lived. Inquiring my way To the place.
l learned from several mouths that the
unOccuPicd part of the house was GER
tainly haunted was told Of cries
and shrieks that had proceeded from
the upper stories on windy nights; Oi
the rafting OF chains. and noise Of pis-
tOl-shOts and Clashing cutlasses that
had been heard from there by b';lated
and terrified passers- TWAS generally
thought (amOng the people who be-
lieved these things n; alD that the sea-
captain who built the house was :
buccanecr. and that the spirit Of him
self and his crew had occasional posses
sion Of the place.
found the little family 81 the de,
ceased mate poor and in distress The
earnings of poor Wayland had for
years gone tn satisfy the creditors OF
other days; they were in ARREARS foI
rent. and were threatened with cNPul.
sion from the old house. In it III
anger ut the landlord purchased the
place outright, giving for il twice n
much as il was woTtl. As delicately
rs l could l relieved the widow and
child. They were grateful. Of course
the widow, eOnsumptivc for years. was
sinking under the blow IT her hus'
bands death. The daughter was JUS
half my age. became Interested IN
her. and before long persuaded myself
that I wanted On marry her. A wccs
before her mother died We were made
man aud wifc. rcpairsl the 90
house. aud u has bccn our homc slacc
though there arr still MANY rSomS In !
unat io he ocvapicsi. When talkc
with my wife about the place she tod
me thai neither she Ror her mo,hcr Ia
J llevva In ghssts. eat that they has
! heard same very stwago n"ises a
uichs IA tho other paFt II the ksase